My possible deal of the year - what's your opinion

[NetBloke]

Well as I mentioned in another post I have struck a great deal on some second hand tanks.

I would like your opinions from two perspectives.

1. What do you guys think of the $350 for the following inventory

55 Gallon tank and stand and hood - nice and solid stand
Two smaller two foot tanks and stands
One 10 Gallon tank
Filters for all three larget tanks
Gravel and rocks
Numerous Cichlids - 30+ Orange/Yellow, Breeding group of 'Ollies'
One great big old fish that once ate a piranha (has character!)
All the other bits and pieces you get

A lot of the money for this is in the fish, which I believe i can sell off to a local aqaurium partially and keep a breeding population for myself.

Which lead me to the second part of my question:

2. I need to ID the fish better, do you know of a site that is like a dictionary of fish?

Thanks
Nathan

 

[fishfreek]

Yes that sounds like an EXCELLENT deal.

If you know the dimentions on the 2' long tanks you can use the tank size calculator to establish the volume but I am guessing they are 20 gal high tanks or maybe if they are old 15 gal tanks.

I took a look in our links section and I found a site called "THE KRIB" http://www.thekrib.com and under that site I found a page that gives links to some additional websites under the fish and other anamials. Look for items with the chain graphic by it.

Two sites specificly for Cichlid info are

• http://www.cichlid.org/
  http://cichlidae.com/

Both of these sites have been added to the links section on this site aswell.

 

[NetBloke]

All great sites. They are going to take forever to troll through though!

Looks like I am going to call up the seller and buy it all tomorrow. Be a busy weekend of setting stuff up. I will have to see about running an internet connection to my basement so I can run a live webcam.

(If you didn't already work it out, I basically work on the net)